SOUTH HADLEY, MA- The nationally-ranked Wheaton College women's
soccer team opened New England Women's and Men's Athletic
Conference (NEWMAC) play with its fifth shutout of the season, as
the Lyons blanked host Mount Holyoke College, 2-0 on Saturday
afternoon at the Mount Holyoke Soccer Field.

Scoring a goal in each half, Wheaton, which is ranked 13th in
the country and second in New England by the National Soccer
Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), improved to 8-1 overall,
while Mount Holyoke slipped to 1-6.

Senior Lyndsey McManus (Marshfield,
MA/Marshfield) played a part in both goals, assisting
freshman Cassey Muse (Candia, NH/Central) on the
game-winner before scoring her first marker of the season on a feed
from junior Emily Hough (Norwich,
VT/Hanover). Wheaton finished with a 26-7 advantage
in shots and a 4-2 edge in corner kicks.

Sophomore goalie Erin Cawley (West Springfield, MA/West
Springfield) was credited with two stops in recording her
first collegiate win, while classmate Lindsay Leddy
(Warwick, RI/Wheeler School) turned aside one shot in 45
minutes of relief. There were also three team saves between
the squads, including two shots being cleared by Mount Holyoke
field players.

At 25:30, Muse collected her fifth game-winner of the
fall. After dribbling past a host defender, McManus took a
few steps into the box and slipped a short cross to Muse on the
right side, where Muse beat freshman goalie Ingibjorg
Magnusdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland/Menntaskolinn vid
Hamrahlid).

McManus doubled Wheaton's lead in the 69th minute, netting her
goal off Hough's team-best eighth assist of the fall. Hough
started the play with a long lob pass from the left side of the
field. After retrieving the ball off a bounce in the box,
McManus fired a shot past Magnusdottir.

Muse and junior Alessia Viscomi (Newton, MA/Newton
North) also nearly found the back of the net 2:13 apart in
the first half, as Muse's shot clanged off the crossbar and
Viscomi's header was stopped by a Mount Holyoke defender.
Sophomore Emily Vincunas (Granville, MA/Wilbraham &
Monson Academy) was also denied by a defender in the
second half.

Wheaton turns back around tomorrow to host Husson University at
12:00 p.m.